Four-speed planet-gearing.



F. WINKLER.

FOUR-SPEED PLANET GEARING. APPLIUATIN `IIBD APR. Z3, 1912 1,058,531@ Y x Patented Apr. s, 1913 s 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witnesses P. WINKLER.

FOUR-SPEED PLANET GEARING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23,191.2.

-f Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 2s. 1912.

FOUR- 'Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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F. IWINKLER.

FOUR-SPEED PLANET G EARING. APPLIOATION FILED 111111.23, 1912.

Patented Apr. s, 1913 4 SHEBTS-SHEET 4` Fig. s

l www FRANZ WINKLER, OF SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, 5.5SIGFnlCUty T0 SCi-IW'Elfll'lllWEI?) PRCISIONS-KUGrEL-LAGER-ERKE FICHTEL a SACHS, A FIRM COMPOSED F ERNST SACHS AND HEDWIG FICHTEL, GF SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY.

FOUR-SPEED PLNIFTGEARING.

To aN 'uf/'mm v'zf may eoneern:

lle it. known that I, FRANZ VINKLEn, a Subjeri ol' the King)l of Bavaria, reeiding nt No. llonnbrunnstrnsse, Schweinfurt, in Gernmnv, have invented n new .1nd nse'ful 'Fonrtlneed Fianet-Gearing, of whieh the following is :i specification.

"his invention has reference to n gearing enpzible ntprodneing tonr dill'erent speeds, while the adjustment of. the mechanism for its vnrizible operation is obtained by the axial displacement of :i .single nitgnilier which controls the vnrinns elements thereof.

The 'objeelzs aimed :it with the invention are to produce the sind 'etleets by the use of the leunt possible number ot' parts .in the device und by simple und Slight4 movements otthe controllingr elen'ientS-i.

A turther obiert olf the invention is the reduetion oi? friction in thel gearing by Cluding axial presente upon the rotating parts ot the epplinnee end by establishing a, rigid or Solid connection between all gen1' Wheels in the middle epeedvvhieh is the norxnsil drive.

These olriect only three #ein of planet gearing so arranged :ind united that the planet. Wheel?. or pinions ot :ill nt tha-in nre enViorted en e coininon planet carrier Whieh i .reely rotatable., 'While the Connection vvwh driving :ind driven ineinber obtained by menne of intei-nel teotheil ri is provided on the said members :ind meshing with the outer ones of the three sete ot planet gearing, all plrinet piniony being permanently in engagenr-nt with Seperate een wheels, which are edapted 'to be coupled in vlitl'erent combine.- tions or releeeed, when the Corresponding gearing is to rnn idle. Locking of the Said sun wheels if: effected by shifting adjust-ing ineens in axial. direction, wl'iereby resilientennnecting ineens nmy be interposed between the controlling member and the sun wheels in various nys, in order to zilluw the rf: lling; et' the min wheele with lined or ro... :le ineens `Qtep by step as required for oblni rf the d ired speed.l Two of the Sie "lei nearing united by their planet Vi i1i:.i1:nf1-' being rigidly connected willi oni. another.,

in the ureorn'fnnyi;ig drawings which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .@.pri 23, 1912.

planetv ire attained by the use of carrier porting' the various; ninionS. Corresponding Patented Apr. 8, MMS.. 4 serial no. 692,547.

form a part of this specification two construetionel forme ot' the said planet gea-ring; 55.

`are illustrated, clearly representing the in 'shown tor the sake olf elearness; Fig. 6

a longitudinal section of a second construe tional form'o't the gearing; Fig. 7 is e (.ross section taken on the line -'D ot Fig. (3; Fi 8 to 10 represent diii'erent. positions of the operative parte of the controlling device.'

Similar nun'ierals or reference characters denote similar part-s throughout `all tigures of the druivingf.

Referring" to t-lie construction illustrated in Figs. l. to 5, the driving member 8 is pro vided with nn internal toothed 'wheel 10, which permanently meshes with the larger pinions (3 of tivo oit planetV wheels 5 and 6 integral or rigidly connected with one another. A similar wheel 3() is formed on the driven member 9 und fears with the plzinet pinions 3l which rotaie on thesaxne pins 0r pivots 7 es the pinions 5, 6, these pins being suitably lixed nt their ends in :t ple11et-wheel 29. llnll hearings are uned for Supa) to the various sets o planet wheels there areI nlidably mounted on the axle 1t three different sun wheels, the :irrmig.. ;en'ie.nty being 9e euch that these sun wheels can in' every eene be broughtI into the necessary positions to obtain the four different speeds, by means of n rod Q() slidnble in the bore ofthe axle 11.. The `Sun wheel 3Q belonging to the planet' wheels 3l Gah be coupled either With clutch teeth 38 on the axle. by corresponding clutch teeth provided in its bore (Fig. 1) or with rerown ot teeth 2H. on the planet-Wheel cnrrier Q9 (Figs. El 'to 5). The Sun Wheel l2 inea-hingwilh the. planet Wheels 5 either runs loose on the axle (Figs. `lto 4) or can be. eou'nler'l to the rlnl'eh teeth 33 (Fig. 5) by i enrrenpoinling' eluteh thereonv rte-uned.

-Vlllien the Sini, wheel 13 belonging to the 105- planet wheels: (i is in itsextrerne right-hand -planet Wheels.

position it can be coupled With the planet Wheel carrier by means of the crown of teeth 35. (Fig. l), and made stationary when it is in its middle position by causing a row of teeth 3G on its outer end to engage with a, crown of teeth 37 inside the stationar bearingcone of the axle (Fig. 4:), and when in its extreme left-hand position it can rotate loose on the axle (Fig. 5). In either ot' their positions the sun Wheels remain in engagement with the corresponding F or positioning the various sun wheels the draw rod 2O carries several stops and keys, the latter being slidable on it and controlled by springs. These keys project through-longitudinal slots provided in the axle Vl1 and into circumferential grooves in the bores of the respective sun wheels, so as to produce a positive connection with them in the axial direction, While allowing the wheels freely to rotate. The sun wheel 32 is actuated by a key 38, the sun wheel 12 by a key 39 and the sun Wheel 13 Aso by a key 40. The keys 38 and 39 are continually pressed apart by a spring 41, their movement being limited by the ends of the respective slots in the axle, and the key 40 is continually -pressed'tow'ard the right by a spring 42 abuttingT against a collar 43 on the dra-W rod 20. According to the particular arrangement of the rod 20 Athis spring 42 exerts pressure either against the righthand end of the slot in the axle or against a shoulder of the said rod.

The planet gearing is. adjusted for the various speeds as follows Vhen, as in F ig. 1, the planet Wheels 6 are coupled to their carrier 29 by means of the sun wheel 13 engaged with the teeth 35, while at the same time the sun' wheel 32 is held fast on the axle by the clutch 33 introduced in the clutch teeth of this Wheel, there can be no relative rotation of the driving member 8 and the' planet-wheel carrier 29, the said driving member, the planet-wheel carrier 29, the sun wheel 13, the planet wheels G, and their pivots rotating as a rigid whole, and consequently the planet wheels 31 now driven by the pivots 7 roll on the stationary Wheel 32 -and the Wheel 30, and'impart to the driven member 9 an increased velocity. When the Agearing is connected in this manner the highest velocity is obtained. l hen the chain 22 attached to the draw rod 2() which enables the latter to be drawn to the right is released, the rod is moved to the left by means of the suitably disposed spring 21, whereupon the sun wheel 32 is likewise moved to the left by the key 3S and the spring L11 acting thereon coupling lthe planet wheels 31 with their carrier 29 by the engagement of the internal teeth ln this case (Fig. 3) none of the planet Wheels'on the pivots 7 can rotate about the lat-ter, the gearing being locked throughout, and the driving member 8 and the driven member 9 con- Sequently have the same speed. This is the normal speed. 'When the draw rod is released another step and takes up the position shown in F ig. 4, the change effected, is that the sun wheel 13 no longer couples the planet wheels G with their carrier 29, but is itself coupled with the stationary cone 25 owing to its teeth 36 engaging in the internal teeth 37 of the cone 25 (Fig. 4:). This sun Wheel is now stationary and the planet wheels 6 roll thereon and also on the wheel 10 of the driving member, so that a slower speed is obtained, because force is transmitted from the driving member 8 to the driven member 9 by means of the operativo planet gearing 6 and 13, the planet-Wheel carrier 29 and the planet Wheels 31 immovably coupled with it. When the rod 20 is in its extremeleft-hand position(Fig. 5),the sun Wheel 13 is uncoupled and free to rotate on the axle, whereas the sun wheel 12 which has previously always been revolublc on the axle 11 is now coupled thereto owing to its being moved to the left by the collar 43 and i key39 until the clutch teeth of said sun wheel 12 meshwith the teeth 33, as represented in Fig. 5. In this case the planet'wheels G roll only on the wheel 10, whilethe planet wheels 5 roll on the stationary sun wheel 12; the lowest speed is thus obtained. The change in position of the various keys the shoulders of the rod 20 and to the several slots in the axle is readily understood from the various figures.

In the modification of the planet gearing illustrated in Figs. 6 to 10 the wheel 10 meshes with the smaller planet wheels 5, which arrangement influences only the magnitude of the ratio of transmission, the principal parts beingl the same as formerly. The change-over device is, however, so arranged that the coupling np of the gcarings is not effected by the sun wheels themselves and by axial displacement of same, but by special coupling sleeves. rlhe coupling sleeve 50 which is under pressure of the spring (2 acting on the key (30 and tending to move it to the right, is employed ior connocting thc planet-wheel carrier 29 with the driven member 9; a second sleeve 59 slid# able on the axle 11 is used to connect the various sun wheels 32, 13, 12 either with one another or with the fixed cone 25. For the latter purpose internal clutch teeth 51 and 52 are formed on the conc and outer clutch teeth 53, 54, 55 on the clutch sleeve (Fig. 8) to correspond with the internal teeth 5(5, 57, 5S in the bore of thesun wheels 12', 13 and 32 respectively. In the position shown in Fig. S the driven member 9 is coupled with the plauei-wlicel carrier 29 by means of the sleeve 50, the toothed rim of which engages in the internal toothing 311 of the carrier and in a like loothing relative to 9" of the driven member 9, while the mannen stated before, consequently only sun wheels 32', and 13 being held not rota- 'brake, but Sui/h a gearing may be employed tiro sim wl'ieels 32 end t2 are ootrpled with Ythe slee-V859 owing to the coupling1 teeth 58, gti on these Wheels engaging the teeth 55, on the sleeve. `@oneeeyae-ntly tlie'g'earing is eompletely' looked and there is no olonne of speed: when power is transmitted from tliedriving; to the driven member. lt now the rod 20 is moved toward the right by polling on the chain 22 the teeth 5l engage.A the teeth 53. The sleeve 59 thus being held' stotionory also xes the sun Wheel I3 owing to the engagement otq teeth 55 with teeth 57 (Fi-g. 9). The planet. Wheels 5 now roll on the wheel l0" and the planet wheels tl on the son wheel 13', whereby a reduced speed in obtained. ln the position shown in Fig. l0 which is the extreme right hand position o the sleeve 59-` the son Wheel 12 is coupled with the cone 25 in a similar the planet wheels work rolling on the wheels l0 and 12', and the smallest speed is obtained. lvlhen the rod is entirely released it is moved by the spring 2l to the extreme left, whereby the sleeve :39' positively but rotatably connected theretoby the lteys G3' and 64C', dieplaces the clutch sleeve sutliciently far to set free the planetovlzeel carrier 9,9 from the driven member 9 (Fig. 6). 0n the other hand, the

table. by the Sleeve, 59 coupled with. the cone 25 by the teeth 52 and 53', the rotation of the variouey sets of planet Wheels now brings about an increase of speed.

The drawings illustrate the planet gear ing as applied to a bicycle hub with coaster for other purposes, c. y. as a chau'igespced gearinl,r for motorwars, as an intermediate gearing tor machine tools and .in ,eomc cases as an addition to the change-gearing in screiwctitting lathes or the lilte. The gear? ing may also be reversed, that is to say the driving: anddriven members may be interv changed. the member 9 serving as the (lriving member and the member tl as tlio driven member if it is desired to vary the speeds to be attained therewith.

The advantage of the great compactness of this variable speed gearing is obtained by mounting thc various planet Wheels on the same carrier which can be located between.l the driving and driven men'tbers. By means of the arious sets of planetwheels the speed can be changed easily and step by step without the iiulividnal gear Wheels coming entirely outy of gear. ln addition, an important feature is that it is possible to effect the necessary changes in the Whole olf' the gearing;f by means of a single dran' rod. the

movement ot' which antonnitically brings about the coupling ot the various planet sqiems'.

The invention resides in the essential features disclosed nereinbetore, which are capablo of being embodied in different ways.

What l, therefore, claim'es my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination With a lurality of sets of planet Wheels, some ovvhich are rigidly connected with one another, and separate sun-wheels, f a common carrier 'ttor all the planet Wheeils, drivin and driven members meshing with the p lmet "wheels of different: sets, and means forootrplng the sun-wheels with one another or with other parte, whereby the several Wheels'are prevented from' rotating relatively to one 8o another or one ot the sun-Wheels: is held stationary.

2. The combination with o lnrality ofv sets of planet; Wheels, some o Whichare rigidly connected with one another, and separate stm-Wheels, of o common carrier for all the planet Wheels, driving and driven Q members meshing with the planet; wheels o dierentfsets, means for coupling the sunwheels with one another or with other parte, whereby the several Wheels are prevented from rotating relatively to one another or one of' the sun-Wheels is held stationary, and a shifting device adapted to control seid coupling means.

The combination with a plurality of sets of planet wheels, some of." which are rigidly connected with one another, and separate sun-wheels, ot a common carrier for all the planet wheels, driving and driven members meshing with the lionel: Wheels of different sets, and means or rigidly connectinpg` all the gear wheels.

4. The combination with three sets of planet wheels, two of which are rigidly connected with one another, and seperate sunwheels, of a rotatable carrier on which all the planet wheels are mounted, driving and driven members meshing with the planetwheels of di'llerent sets, and means for cou- 310 pling the sun-wheels with one another or with other parts for the purposes specified.

The combination with three 'sets of planet wheels, two of which are rigidly connected with one another, and separate sun wheels, of a rotatable carrier on which all the planet Wheels are mounted, driving and driven members meshing with the planet wheels ott di'erent sets, means for coupling the snnwvbcels with one another or with other parts for the purposeaspeoitied, intl an axially movable shifting device adapted to control said colliding means.

t5. The combination with a plurality `of sets of planet, wheels'. slome ot' which are 125 rigidly connected with one another, and separate sun-vt1heelsA ot a common carrier for all the planet wlieels. driving and driven members meshing with the planet wheels of litter-cnt sets, mean For coupling: the sun- 130 wheels with one another or with other parts, whereby the several wheels prevented from rotating relatively to one another or one of the sun-wheels is held stationary7 a shifting` device adapted to control said coupling means, and resilient connecting .means on said shittindevice, whereby the latter has independent control of the separate sunwheels.

7. T he con'ibination with driving and driven members having internal teeth, el a planet Wheel carrier located and supported to rotate freely between said members, three .sets of planet wheels mounted in said carrier7 and sini-wheels correspondingl to the planet wheels, two of the sets of planet wheels being rigidly connected to one another, means adapted 'to couple the sun wheels with stationary or rotary parte, and a shifting device yieldingly connected to said-coupling means whereby the severalV sim Wheels are'controlled independently of one Y another.

8. In a planet gearing the combination with three sets of planet wheels .separate and axially displaceable sun-wheels, of driving and driven members meshing with certain of the sets of planet wheels, couplings adapted to fix-the sun-wheels station` ary er to rotating parts, means capable ot `shitting said. sun-wheels, and yielding connecting means allowingindividual control of the ditlierent sets of planet gearing.

9. The combination with three sets 'lof Loseo .planet wheel carrier, clutches provided on said carrier and on the sun wheels, stationary cohplmg means adapted to engage with the clutches oit the sun-wheels, andv means tor axially shitting the sun-wheels individually :tor engaging the respective clutches and controllinthe ditllerent of' planet wheels.

l0. The coinbination with three sets of planet wheels, two sets of which are rigidly connected, and sun-wheels axially displaceable with respect te said planet wheelsj olE a planet wheel carrier, clutches provided on said carrier and on the sun-wheels, sta,- tionary coupling means adapted to engage with the clutches o' the sun-wheels, means for axially shitting the sun-wheels for engaging the respective clutches, shoulders and yielding means on said shifting device adapted to control the various sun-wheels 'indiridually, and stationary stops for limiting the movement of the sun-wheels and their shiftingmeans.

ln testimony whereof I Signed my name to this specification in the presence ol two subscribing witi'iesses.

FRANZ lVINKLER. ll'tnessee:

JEAN GRUND, (laat, GRUND. 

